Mountain Bike

7 miles

Distance

2,398 ft

Climb

-1,683 ft

Descent

01:24:47

Avg time

Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Sharkstooth Trail

Mancos Trails Group
Maintainer
USFS
Land Manager

Sharkstooth Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
Riding Area

Transfer Recreation Area
Mancos, Colorado
Difficulty Rating

Double Black Diamond rate
Trail Type

Singletrack
Direction

Both Directions
Physical Rating

Hard
Alpine Trail

Yes
Dogs Allowed

Yes
TTFs on Trail

Rock Garden
Global Ranking

#11916 in Mountain Biking
Local Popularity
75 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 100 in Hiking
Land Manager

USFS Dolores Ranger District

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Sharkstooth is a 7 mile popular double black diamond singletrack alpine trail located near Mancos Colorado. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating. On average it takes 1 hour24 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association

Mancos Trails Group (www.mancostrails.org)
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory

More Stats for Sharkstooth mountain bike trail trail

Altitude change

714 ft
Altitude min

10,922 ft
Altitude max

11,950 ft
Altitude start

10,922 ft
Altitude end

11,636 ft
Grade

2.053%
Grade max

-37.484%
Grade min

39.644%
Distance climb

4 miles
Distance down

3 miles
Distance flat

1,615 ft
Avg time

01:24:47
Avg reverse time

01:56:22
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Status:

on May 10, 2020

Snow Packed

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Trail Difficulties

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Double Black Diamond

Trail Report Status

Clear / Green
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Significant Issue / Amber
Closed

Land Owner Overlay
Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
BLM (public)
USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
State land
Indigenous
Military

Trail Conditions

Unknown
Snow Groomed
Snow Packed
Snow Covered
Freeze/thaw Cycle
Icy
Prevalent Mud
Wet
Variable
Ideal
Dry
Very Dry

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Routes with this trail

title	rating	distance
Mancos Spur		23 miles
Upper kennebec Loop		19 miles
Durango Bikepacking Loop		138 miles
Mancos Spur Trail		24 miles

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Nearby Trails

West Mancos 69 ft
Owen Basin Trail 4 miles
Grindstone 5 miles
Gold Run 6 miles
Ct (sliderock) 7 miles

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status	date	description
	May 10, 2020 @ 2:58pm May 10, 2020	reporter
	Aug 14, 2019 @ 7:02am Aug 14, 2019
	Jul 20, 2019 @ 8:20pm Jul 20, 2019	reporter Numerous large snow drifts
	Jun 2, 2019 @ 6:52pm Jun 2, 2019	reporter
	Aug 3, 2018 @ 6:09pm Aug 3, 2018	reporter Large tree down across trail, blocking trail in a few spots. You can easily walk around until it is cleared.

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